Celebrity Hip Hop Music Artists featured in Toronto

June 7, 2009 - PRLog -- TORONTO, CANADA: The 3rd Annual Ice Cream Summer Festival Concert will be held at the Molson Amphitheatre, on June 27th with show time starting at 4:00pm. Headlining the event will be a huge surprise performer to be announced and as well the multi-talented Salt-N-Pepa. The Grammy Award-Winning American Hip Hop trio from Queens, New York, came onto the music scene in 1985. The group, consisting of Cheryl James, (Salt) now Cheryl Wray, Sandra Denton (Pepa), and DJ Deidra "Dee Dee" Roper “Dee Dee” (Spinderella), has sold over 15 millions albums and singles worldwide. Salt-N-Pepa is the best-selling female rap act, with six of their single releases being certified either Platinum or Gold in American by the RIAA. The Ice Cream Summer Fest concert will be hosted by BET Comic Joe Clair and will also feature Faith Evans, Jon B, MC Lyte, Jaheim, and International Reggae Pop icon Shabba Ranks. Corporate sponsors for Ice Cream SummerFest include; Ed Hardy by Christian Audigier, Luxury Life Brands, New Era Caps, Royal York Hotel, VIA Rail, Ice Breaker Getaway and many more.

Ice Cream SummerFest launched in 2007 and has become the summers’ largest urban music event featuring the best retro R&B and Hip-Hop artists. The Festival drew in seven thousand in the first year and almost ten thousand people in 2nd year. Due to the success, the Molson Amphitheatre operated by Live Nation has agreed to host the Ice Cream Summer Festival every year as an annual concert event in Toronto. Ice Cream SummerFest Inc. www.icecreamsummerfest.ca